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Thread: BYB by MJDerstine (with good video)

ok guys, this is a first for me in the twin force thread. i actually have something called a roller.

anyway, i emailed our man Rick and got some advice on the BYB chassis. I ended up getting the larger of the two. Its a 14-15" wb chassis made from 1/8 delrin. he wanted some of my first thoughts on the build, and well, here they are.

I got the box in about 3 days
I ordered a couple 100mm 3/8 rods for the standoffs, which he graciously cut for me
also got a nice 3/8" chassis plate to mount the tanny on. he cut this for me as well, and its great. All i needed to do was drill and tap holes in the stand-offs and the chassis plate. the thing went together in about 3-4 hours. and it HUGE. for some reason i wasn't ready for how big the thing is when put together.

I had some links made together for a super, but had to trim them down some to make it all work. it seems to about 17-18 WB right now, and that might be a bit long.

the axles are two short sides, so its about 10.5" wide at the hubs. gears are 43/10 from an strr.

Looks awesome MJ. The 17" WB looks sweet, IMO. If you wanted it shorter, looks like you could easily shorten the front and mount the upper shock ends on the rear chassis holes to maintain a shock rake angle.

couple years ago i got some really cheap scraps on ebay. and have some left over. this was copied almost exactly from the stock aluminum one for the TF. but i like CF better.

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Looks awesome MJ. The 17" WB looks sweet, IMO. If you wanted it shorter, looks like you could easily shorten the front and mount the upper shock ends on the rear chassis holes to maintain a shock rake angle.

yeah, i could shorten it up once i get driving it if it seems funny. this looks good to me too.
I ordered two sets of amain last night. probably could have made some myself, but heck, i was lazy. thanks for the link!

hey guys ive had some stuff going on in life lately, had to get a new car because of a fight with a tree, had surgery on my arm for some melanoma, and still cant use my left arm, and work has been nuts.

but i got the radio tray mounted, and made a nice roof outta some 1/32 stainless, man its shiny.

have some lexan coming soon too for side panels.

then power plant will be ordered, pro just a MM and 14t puller on 3 cells.

well made a little more progress, i have to really clean this up. first atempt at styrene. but its really easy to play with. i am goin to bolt this down with some tiny 1/16" button head to make it look semi scale. oh and it wont go on the roof... but needed somewhere to place it on the rig.
got lots of sanding and some priming to do. then to the paint booth.

well got the lexan today, and got it all painted and mounted the elecs for testing. its got a dinky little stock ae speedo in it since i haven't gotten the replacement MM yet. but it runs now. on 2 cells. so its a bit sluggish. maybe 5mph total. but the servo is strong.

oh went to the hardware store to get more SS for the hood and they were out! gotta get some online i guess.

another oh. the shocks are way to stiff, they barley flex at all, so should i get some softer springs? which ones should i get?